Psalms 58
1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm of David. A michtam. Do you rulers speak righteousness? Do you judge uprightly, you people?
2 No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
No, you commit wickedness in your heart; you distribute violence throughout the land with your hands.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
The wicked go astray even when they are in the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
Their poison is like a snake's poison; they are like a deaf adder that stops up its ears,
5 refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
that pays no attention to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful they are.
6 O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
Break their teeth in their mouths, God; break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
7 May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
Let them melt away as water that runs off; when they shoot their arrows, let them be as though they had no points.
8 Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
Let them be like a snail that melts and passes away, like the untimely-born child of a woman that never sees the sunlight.
9 Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
Before your pots can feel the thorn's burning heat, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green thorns and the burning thorns alike.
10 The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
The righteous will rejoice when he sees God's vengeance; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
11 Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
so that men will say, “Truly, there is a reward for the righteous person; truly there is a God who judges the earth.”
